On the blog: Superheroes and Race https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/03/07/super.html #rant #superhero

Fixed the race in tw. Mostly; now it’s just while tw/r is running. Close enough.

Ooo, tw has a race condition between tw/r and pull/mktl, in the case you /r after a new post but before pull & mktl have run. Oops.

Facebook Ad Algorithm Is a Race and Gender Stereotyping Machine https://theintercept.com/2019/04/03/facebook-ad-algorithm-race-gender/

What It’s Like To Write About Race And Video Games https://kotaku.com/what-its-like-to-write-about-race-and-video-games-1832886047

Gender-swapped and race-flipped remakes aren’t living up to their potential - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/12/18220797/what-men-want-ghostbusters-the-hustle-remakes-gender-race-flipped?curator=MediaREDEF

How capitalism reduced diversity to a brand - Vox https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/2/11/18195868/capitalism-race-diversity-exploitation-nancy-leong

In the sunken and forgotten city, Senpai lies not dead but dreaming, as blissfully unaware of mankind’s rise above as that of other prior races. We have just begun to meddle in forces that may cause Senpai to notice us for the first time, and rise.

Band name of the day: racing lawnmowers

It is not that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, but that anything is indistinguishable from magic from the perspective of the sufficiently ignorant. Clarke assumes we will lose the red queen’s race with polymathy.

Cory Doctorow: Persuasion, Adaptati… http://locusmag.com/2018/01/cory-doctorow-persuasion-adaptation-and-the-arms-race-for-your-attention/

The most wholesome internet trolls ever are reclaiming racist subreddits one by one https://mic.com/articles/184347/the-most-wholesome-internet-trolls-ever-are-changing-racist-subreddits-to-discussions-about-racing#.N8Mt38l4y

How a tax haven is leading the race to privatise space | News | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/sep/15/luxembourg-tax-haven-privatise-space?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email

@kdave@kdave.github.io I had a race condition btw 2 txtnix processes. The obvious solution is to flock, but then config edit will flock for too long.